(2013)
It seems for ages, I have been trapped behind yet another version of what I want to think I know. I was so sure I loved you
What you seek with such fervent zeal, as you scour those sacred texts and scriptures, is far greater than
A subtle movement, a facial expression, a particular posture, the constant hint of danger; as if he were here again,
I have suffered much while upon this earth, so aching to belong. To whom, or what, or why?
Been wasting away in this hovel for too many days to count; wishing, hoping, scheming, sometimes even praying, for any way to get out.
Who’s gonna throw my pitiful ashes into the holy mother Ganges? Who’s gonna hold it as their sacre… Who’s gonna know the need for this… I’ve seen so many nameless shadows
Here he comes again, riding tall upon his hellish steed… Dead eyes red, charging straight towards me. No joy in that demonic laugh,
I’ve been so afraid to speak these heartfelt words. This secret has been kept so well, from myself, by myself,
From the first remembered breath, I was running to escape. I didn’t need a map. It didn’t matter which direction. It hurt too much for any fool to s…
A sudden gust of bitter wind from somewhere hot and foul, whooped and howled throughout the scattered waste and scrabble down that God-forsaken alley.
Hello, can you see me here? Please, might you stop awhile. I am the one you pass by daily as you hurry homeward bound. I am that one who’s least of us.
Way up there on that hill of yours; that most hard-won ivory tower. Hiding there behind your perfect guise
What lingers within me is ancient… prepared for the worst of all poss… No matter how deeply I rest while… it’s forever awake, coiled and rea… It seems to be from before there w…
My father is dead, still he speaks through me; “Don’t say anything....OR ELSE!… There was plenty of “OR ELSE!” to go around.
Sweet Mary Jane bade me follow where she led. I went eagerly. She was my life’s one true love. All the others,